Ed Hintz ([info]ehintz) wrote,
@ 2008-06-24 16:49:00
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Aspies in IT
Not a bad article:

http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/spec/CE96C5C608138FABCC25747000784BD0

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Aspies
[info]edm
2008-06-24 05:07 am UTC (link)
As a random related observation there a couple of movies in the International Film Festival (next month) about people-with-Aspergers/Autism:

"Ben X" (evening of Tuesday 22nd July, plus daytime next day)
"Billy The Kid" (afternoon of Sunday 27 July, plus following Monday morning)

My impression of reading the summaries is that "Ben X" is closer to Aspergers, exploring the "good with computer games"/"difficulty with relating to people" angle, whereas "Billy The Kid" is more focused on the "not fitting in" angle (they note that the main character was diagnosed with Aspergers after the filming completed).

Not sure how that fits with your travel plans, but thought you might be interested. I'm considering seeing "Ben X", but am less interested in "Billy The Kid".

Ewen

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Re: Aspies
[info]ehintz
2008-06-24 05:15 am UTC (link)
Bugger. Yeah, I'll be in FR that week. Ahh well. I suppose it'll show on bittorrent or dvd at some point...

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[info]jexia
2008-06-24 06:24 am UTC (link)
Interesting, thanks!

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